How It Works

The morning of your hunt, you will
be greeted by your guide at 5 a.m. At this time we finalize the plans
for your hunt. We will discuss how the weather, tides and availability
of birds relate to the requests you made on your questionare. A
breakfast will be available.

You will follow your guide to his
boat, typically a 24 foot Carolina skiff. At this time your guide will
go over basic safety procedures, provide your group with a hand-held
V.H.F. radio and discuss waterfowl identification and bag limits. All
guides are licensed coastgaurd captains and all boats have been
inspected by the U.S. Coast Guard to meet or exceed all safety
requirements. We have approxamitely 100 blinds which include stepping
from the boat to the blind, or we can wear out the hard-cores with long
walks through the marsh and hunting from the reeds or saltwater bushes.
In most cases your guide will have you set up in your blind, with
decoys out, thirty minutes before sunrise. Tide, weather and other
factors that effect navagation may cause this to be impractical, in
which case your guide will have you set up as soon as possible. Your
guide will remain near by throughout the day to recover your birds and
relocate you as required. Depending on the types of birds you are
hunting, it is not uncommon to move three times a day. It is possible
to hunt Puddleducks, Divers, Brant, Seaducks, and Geese all in the same
day. The combined limit on all these types of waterfowl total well in
excess of 30 birds per hunter. At times your guide may be away from you
to set up a new blind, scout new areas or chase cripples. During these
periods you will be able to contact him by radio. Your guide does not
shoot, nor are you allowed to shoot his limit.

The days hunt concludes at 2 p.m.
We have bird cleaning and taxidermy services available upon request. We
have refrigerator and freezer space available at no charge.